As we have already seen in the article in which we talk about this malware, the researchers have announced, the Joker has been designed to steal contact lists from the mobile phone of its victim, as well as their SMS and even information about the device to through spyware. But not only that. Taking advantage of the fact that those responsible for the attack have been able to penetrate your device, they will begin to interact with advertising websites to get money through the infected apps mobile and even subscribe to payment services without you knowing.
Luckily, and thanks to the discovery of Zscaler, Google has been able to remove each of the applications from its application store. In addition, and so that they do not continue to infect third parties, those from Mountain View have used their Play Protect service to disable applications on infected devices.
We will give you the list of applications infected by the Joker. Despite the fact that they have only been in the Google app store for a few days, they have been downloaded more than 120,000 times worldwide. Therefore, and if you have any of them, get rid of them right now.
Infected apps with Joker
▸All Good PDF Scanner
▸All Good PDF Scanner Mint Leaf Message Your Private Message
▸Unique Keyboard – Fancy Fonts & Free Emoticons
▸Tangram App Lock
▸Direct Messenger
▸Private SMS
▸One Sentence Translator – Multifunctional Translator
▸Style Photo Collage
▸Meticulous Scanner
▸Desire Translate
▸Talent Photo Editor – Blur focus
▸Care Message
▸Part Message
▸Paper Doc Scanner
▸Blue Scanner
▸Hummingbird PDF Converter – Photo to PDF
▸All Good PDF Scanner
Keep in mind that these applications may not be all infected and there may be many more so the best you can do is use extreme caution.
